CRP and infection: The area under the curve (AUC) for CRP in relation to dichotomized status of infection (infection versus no infection) was 0.74 (95% confidence interval: 0.59 to 0.88), 0.76 (95% confidence interval: 0.61 to 0.9) for IL-10 and 0.83 (95% confidence interval: 0.71 to 0.94) for NIHSS (Figure 1.